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FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE ___________________ FIRST SESSION ___________________ ORDER PAPER TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2022 No.

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QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER* Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) whether the Ministry plans to do more to encourage companies to sign up for the Singapore SMS SenderID Protection Registry; and (b) how does the Ministry intend to stay ahead of the curve and prevent scammers from circumventing the anti-SMS spoofing registry.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) in the past two years, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Spam Control Act 2007 and the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 in connection with unsolicited SMSes offering job opportunities; and (b) what other actions are being taken to combat the problem of such unsolicited SMSes in addition to the establishment of the Do Not Call Registry in 2014.
Mr Edward Chia Bing Hui: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what is the uniqueness of the recent phishing scam via SMS notifications which avoided rapid detection; (b) whether other technology solutions, such as artificial intelligence, will be used by MAS and the Police to support our banks to trace the funds; (c) whether the bank’s full goodwill payouts to all affected customers will be a guideline for future settlements of such occurrences; and (d) how will MAS be working with banks from other jurisdictions to enable systems-level responses for future scams.
Mr Sharael Taha: To ask the Prime Minister with regard to the recent phishing scams via SMS notification (a) whether OCBC Bank’s goodwill payouts will set precedence for such future occurrences; (b) how will the Ministry ensure that these payouts do not lead to complacency towards being vigilant to phishing scams; and (c) whether such goodwill payouts will encourage scammers to focus more on Singapore banks.

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15 FEBRUARY 2022 2 Mr Seah Kian Peng: To ask the Prime Minister (a) whether the Government can consider a requirement for banks to commit to a minimum ratio of online call centre officers to customers; (b) whether the Government has data on (i) such current ratio for the banks and (ii) the average waiting times for a call to be answered; (c) if so, what are they; and (d) whether the Government has guidelines for an acceptable waiting time and, if so, what is it.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to individuals who completed their primary vaccine course with non-mRNA vaccines (a) how many of these individuals’ fully-vaccinated status will expire by 14 February 2022; (b) whether those who are medically ineligible for mRNA vaccines can receive a booster dose of a non-mRNA vaccine; and (c) if not, when will non- mRNA boosters be made available.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what are the considerations for not making the Sinovac-CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines generally available to children and adolescents, except adolescents who are not medically eligible for the Pfizer-BionNTech/Comirnaty vaccine; and (b) whether the Ministry has plans to make at least one non-mRNA vaccine generally available to children under 18 in order to maximise the vaccination rate of the Singapore population.
Ms Tin Pei Ling: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) whether there are any updates from the Government’s discussion with SPH Media Trust and on the level of funding support that the Government will provide; and (b) how will the Government ensure that the funding provided will be used to achieve the necessary digital transformation.
Ms Tin Pei Ling: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information whether the Ministry will require SPH Media Trust to have adequate emphasis on thought leadership content from Singapore’s perspective so as to increase Singapore’s mindshare on the global stage.

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Mr Alex Yam Ziming: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information with the commitment of the Government to provide funding support to SPH Media Trust, how will the Ministry ensure that editorial independence continues to be upheld in the newsrooms.

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Ms Hany Soh: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information what steps will the Ministry take to ensure that its funding support for SPH Media Trust will go towards the development of news media on online platforms that are engaging for younger audiences.

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Ms Hany Soh: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) how will the Ministry ensure that the Singapore Media Academy and the planned SPH Media Academy differentiate themselves in terms of skillsets and avoid an overlap of functions; (b) whether the Ministry has a definite roadmap for SPH’s upcoming media academy to help achieve the goal of nurturing more local talent for the mass communications industry; and (c) whether a collaboration with SG Women In Tech will be considered to attract, retain and develop more female talent in the infocomm workforce.
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Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) how will SPH Media Trust remain relevant and sustainable in a highly competitive media industry given digital disruption and declining demand for print news; (b) how can the quality of local journalism keep pace with global standards since audiences can easily access digital versions of international newspapers; and (c) what are the desired outcomes for SPH Media Trust and how will the Government track the progress.
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Mr Sharael Taha: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information (a) what will be done to ensure the viability of our vernacular news media, given their limited local market sizes; (b) how will the Ministry (i) ensure that our vernacular news media has enough resources, talent and technology to continue to produce good quality news and (ii) create opportunities for our vernacular news media to grow beyond Singapore readership; and (c) how does vernacular news media remain relevant given the declining use of vernacular languages amongst our younger generations.
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Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) how many firms in the built environment sector have ceased operations in 2021 due to insolvency, as compared to 2018 to 2020; (b) given the intention for the extended relief periods under the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020 (COTMA) to expire in Q1 2022, whether the Government is considering any transitional measures to prevent firms from suffering a hard landing; and (c) what are the examples of “unforeseen circumstances” which would see a further extension of the relief period under COTMA.
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Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) what are the types and frequency of enforcement actions taken against errant active mobility device riders who speed or ride on pathways where they should not; and (b) whether more resources can be provided for stricter enforcements especially at pathways affected by infrastructure works in the Central District.

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Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan: To ask the Prime Minister in light of the public service being at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and taking a toll on the workers in the public service (a) whether the public service is also seeing an increase in attrition; (b) what is being done to look after the health and welfare of workers in the public service; and (c) what is the Government doing to ensure that the compensation and benefits of workers in the public service remain competitive.

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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what action is being taken to verify that all vaccinations or Antigen Rapid Test (ART) results administered by the clinics linked to the alleged vaccine fraud case are accurate and for any discrepancies to be corrected in the relevant database; and (b) what action will be taken against patients who receive falsified vaccinations or ART results.

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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what measures has the Ministry taken to diversify the sources of popular seafood and vegetable items ahead of major festivities; (b) whether existing measures have helped mitigate the rise in the costs of such items; and (c) whether more can be done to keep prices affordable for consumers.

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Dr Shahira Abdullah: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment what measures will be introduced to ensure that supermarkets and other corporate entities do not pass on the costs of adopting sustainability- friendly measures to consumers.
Dr Shahira Abdullah: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment what measures will the Ministry introduce to encourage supermarkets to (i) reduce packaging waste (ii) use more sustainable forms of packaging and (iii) reduce the need for groceries to be pre-packaged, without passing on the cost of sustainability to consumers.
Dr Shahira Abdullah: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment given the move to reduce the use of plastic bags in Singapore, what measures or safeguards will be put in place to avoid any deterioration in residential waste disposal methods.

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Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development in the last three years, how many cases have there been in divorce and child custody cases where allegations of child abuse by one spouse against the other spouse in attempting to prevent access to children have been proven to be false.

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Ms Ng Ling Ling: To ask the Minister for Health for the last three financial years (a) what are the annual budgets provided respectively to (i) public hospitals (ii) public specialist outpatient clinics (iii) primary care including both polyclinics and subsidies under the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) to private general practitioners (iv) community hospitals and (v) nursing homes; and (b) whether there will be considerations for a higher budget allocation to primary care, community hospitals and nursing homes given the aging population with more chronic diseases.
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Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for National Development in each of the Financial Years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (a) what was the total amount of funding allocated to Town Councils (TCs) for the implementation of safe management measures; (b) what was the total amount of claims from TCs submitted to the Ministry; (c) what were the actual amounts reimbursed to TCs; and (d) what was the average duration from the time the claims were submitted to when they were reimbursed.

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Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for National Development in light of potential breaches of COVID-19 safe management measures and disamenities that may occur at sky gardens located at HDB blocks, whether the Ministry will (i) review its policy and consider gating up these sky gardens and (ii) provide key card access to residents.

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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what are the steps being taken to educate and protect retail investors of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) given the risks associated with investing in such companies; and (b) whether the Government will consider restrictions on retail investors’ access to the initial public offering of such companies.

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Mr Edward Chia Bing Hui: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) whether the Ministry can provide an update on the retention scheme in partnership with the Singapore Contractors Association Ltd (SCAL); and (b) what is the progress of efforts taken to bring in new workers with relevant skills to meet the needs of the construction industry, given the pandemic and transition towards a post COVID-19 endemic environment.

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Mr Lim Biow Chuan: To ask the Minister for Education whether tertiary institutions in Singapore will focus on building character values in their students as part of their curriculum.

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Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) whether there are human resource (HR) best practice recommendations regarding the provision of health screening to employees whereby the employer has arranged, facilitated or encouraged the health screening; and (b) whether such recommendations include the informed counselling of employees regarding the potential implications for future health insurance eligibility in the event a condition is incidentally diagnosed, even if the condition is deemed benign at the time.
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Mr Edward Chia Bing Hui: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) what is the number of flat applicants under the Public Rental Scheme in 2021; (b) how many of these applications have been successful; (c) how many of these successful applicants are placed on the waiting list and what is their estimated waiting time; (d) what is the Ministry’s current assessment of the housing situation in Singapore; and (e) whether the Ministry can provide an update on its plans and alternative housing options for Singaporeans.
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Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Ministry will consider extending the GST Voucher scheme to seniors whose annual value of their homes exceed $21,000 if they have little cash savings and do not have children or family members supporting them.

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Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Health whether the Ministry has, or plans to include, questions on caregiving in the National Census survey, to get more data on the number and profile of informal caregivers in Singapore in order to better inform the Ministry's caregiver support policies as our population ages and caregiving burdens increase.

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Ms Carrie Tan: To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has data on the annual caregiving-related expenditures incurred by families caring for elderly persons based on the number of activities of daily living they require assistance in; (b) if so, where is this information published; and (c) whether the Ministry will enhance the Home Caregiving Grant quantum based on different levels of care needs.

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Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) whether the continued rise in premiums for motorcycle certificates of entitlements (COEs) can be attributed to speculative bidding by motorcycle dealerships and motorcycle-leasing firms; (b) what are the measures put in place to prevent speculative bidding of COEs; and (c) whether the Ministry intends to review if such measures are sufficient in curbing speculative bids in the COE market.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) what was the rationale for publishing indigenous Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and indigenous Gross National Income (GNI) in the past and the timeframe in which such data was published; (b) when did the Department of Statistics (DOS) cease compilation of the indigenous GDP and indigenous GNI series; and (c) whether the Government has or is able to make available historical data as part of the Government agencies' Open Data efforts.
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Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Education (a) how will a diverse curriculum that includes the liberal arts be ensured for the new NUS College and its students in order to maintain the inter-disciplinary and global perspectives from Yale-NUS College (YNC) and NUS’ University Scholars Programme (USP) experiences; and (b) how will small-group teaching and vibrant residential living be kept for students of both the YNC in the interim, and the new NUS College.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Education for each year in the past five years, what is the official mean and median number of hours that teachers (i) work per week (ii) work per week in school (iii) work per week out of school (iv) spend on administrative work and (v) spend on work that does not involve teaching or preparing for classes.

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Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Education whether the Ministry has conducted reviews on teachers’ workload following the introduction of hybrid learning in schools.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Finance (a) whether the proposal in the Public Accounts Committee’s recent report to shift the Public Service’s operating models from “just in time” to “just in case” will be considered for implementation; and (b) if so, how will buffer and stockpiles become the new planning parameters while ensuring there will be no over-budgeting or compromising of the budgets of other important programmes.

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Mr Pritam Singh: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) over the past three years, what actions has the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore taken against retailers for profiteering that are consistent with the Ministry's tough stance against profiteering; and (b) what new approaches does the Commission intend to take against profiteering going forward.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for National Development over the last five years (a) what is the number of single parents who have been granted the Proximity Housing Grant for families; and (b) of these, what is the number of single parents who are (i) divorced or widowed and (ii) unmarried.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Education for each year in the past five years, how many teachers have sought counselling services broken down by (i) the Ministry’s in-house counselling services and (ii) whole-of- Government’s counselling hotline, respectively.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Health whether the number of drugs being subsidised for medicating depression and anxiety can be expanded, so that psychiatrists can have a wider range of treatments to choose from, for their patients.

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Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) what is the rationale for specifying five metres as the distance within which smoking is prohibited under the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Regulations considering that secondhand smoke can drift beyond that; and (b) whether the Ministry is considering increasing this distance; (c) if so, how will the new distance be determined; and (d) if not, why not.

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15 FEBRUARY 2022 8 Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) whether firms providing taxi or private hire vehicle services are required to provide insurance coverage specifically covering damage caused to other vehicles by the actions of passengers; and (b) what recourse is available to vocational drivers facing a potentially ruinous claim arising from third party damage caused by a passenger failing to exercise due diligence despite the driver's advice.

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Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Law whether the Ministry will consider introducing legislation that allows for corporate criminal liability for any act constituting an offence that is committed by an acquired company prior to a merger and acquisition transaction (M & A) to be transferred to the acquiring company where the acquired company becomes a shell company or dissolved after the M & A.

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Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Law what is the progress of the Ministry’s feasibility study on the possibility of Singapore acceding to the Hague Service Convention.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Minister for Finance since the Government Procurement Function Office was set up (a) what role has it played to manage the challenges of global inflation and supply disruption; and (b) what are the plans and targets to minimise procurement related lapses in the Civil Service, especially if the Government were to stockpile resources.

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Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for Health regarding the Smaller Bites to Swallow Right campaign initiated by Alexandra Hospital (a) whether the campaign will be extended to other hawker centres; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider providing incentives for this campaign, such as special vouchers for the elderly with swallowing difficulties to be redeemed at the participating stalls.

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Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Law (a) to date, how many deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) with corporations have been entered into; and (b) what are the considerations for the Public Prosecutor to issue conditional warnings to corporations in lieu of prosecution as opposed to entering into DPAs in respect of offences which are covered under the Sixth Schedule of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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Mr Lim Biow Chuan: To ask the Minister for Transport how many cyclists have been summoned for riding at excessive speeds at footpaths or shared paths in the past 24 months.

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Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Transport whether the Ministry will consider increasing the number of daily Singapore-Malaysia and Singapore-Indonesia Vaccinated Travel Lane flights to allow more workers to return home.

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Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Manpower (a) what is the current number of CPF members who own a HDB flat and are using CPF savings or cash to pay a housing loan, with a breakdown into those (i) covered under the Home Protection Scheme (HPS) and (ii) not covered under the HPS; and (b) what is the number of rejected HPS applications in the last five years due to health conditions.

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Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what are the specific forms of support for public sector healthcare workers including doctors, nurses and allied health personnel who have post-childbirth, childcare, eldercare or other family caregiving responsibilities; (b) whether these include flexible working arrangements; (c) if so, what is the take-up rate for the past year, broken down by gender; and (d) whether professional development pathways and traineeships for healthcare workers are being updated to better accommodate mothers, fathers, and adult children with family caregiving responsibilities.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what is the respective average, minimum and maximum duration from application to the final approval of licences of (i) Registered Fund Management Company (RFMC) (ii) Licensed Fund Management Company (LFMC) and (iii) Venture Capital Fund Management (VCFM); and (b) what are the usual challenges faced by applicants for licences of RFMC, LFMC and VCFM that result in longer- than-usual processing times.

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Mr Lim Biow Chuan: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment whether the Ministry intends to increase the penalty for littering in order to reinforce the message against littering.

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Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) how are decommissioned trains in Singapore processed; and (b) whether any of the first- generation trains will be preserved in a public place to record Singapore's transport history.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Education whether guidelines can be provided on food options in local universities to ensure that (i) an adequate mix of food options are provided to meet the diverse dietary needs of students, such as halal and vegetarian diets and (ii) places with high footfall and residential areas on campus have a minimum quota of such food options.
* Members may postpone their Questions to a later sitting day if their Questions are not reached by the end of Question Time (QT).

For such Questions, Members may email to parl_cop@parl.gov.sg in advance a postponement notice that will be effected after QT.

Members must submit their notices to the Clerk within one hour after the end of QT (SO 22(3)).

Questions will be given a written answer if no such notices are received by the Clerk within the stipulated time.

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Minister for Finance: Bolstering the Security of Digital Banking.

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Minister for Communications and Information: Combatting Online Phishing and Spoofing Scams.

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Minister of State for Home Affairs (on behalf of the Minister for Home Affairs): Strengthening Enforcement and Public Education.

AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS Business Motion 1.
Leader of the House: SIMULTANEOUS DEBATE ON MOTIONS: That, notwithstanding the Standing Orders, the motions on: (a) “Committee of Privileges Report (Recommendations in respect of Ms Raeesah Khan)”, and (b) “Committee of Privileges Report (Recommendations in respect of Mr Pritam Singh, Mr Faisal Manap and Ms Sylvia Lim)”, be taken together, and the debate on these motions and on any amendment proposed thereto be proceeded with simultaneously as though the debate were on a single motion.
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Leader of the House: COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES REPORT (RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPECT OF MS RAEESAH KHAN): That this Parliament: 1.

Takes note of the Special Reports of the Committee of Privileges contained in: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Paper Parl.

5 of 2021; Paper Parl.

6 of 2021; Paper Parl.

7 of 2021; Paper Parl.

8 of 2021; Paper Parl.

9 of 2021; Paper Parl.

10 of 2021; Paper Parl.

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Agrees with the recommendations of the Committee of Privileges relating to Ms Raeesah Khan, as stated in the Committee’s Report contained in Paper Parl 13 of 2022, and resolves: (a) that Ms Raeesah Khan is guilty of abuse of the privileges of Parliament for an untruth (“Untruth”) spoken in Parliament on 3 August 2021 (twice) and repeated on 4 October 2021; that a fine of S$25,000 be imposed on her for stating the Untruth twice in Parliament on 3 August 2021; and that a fine of S$10,000 be imposed on her for repeating the Untruth on 4 October 2021.
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Leader of the House: COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES REPORT (RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPECT OF MR PRITAM SINGH, MR FAISAL MANAP AND MS SYLVIA LIM): That this Parliament: 1.

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Notes that it appears from the Report of the Committee of Privileges (Paper Parl.
13 of 2022) (“Report”) that offences under Part 5 of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act may have been committed before the Committee of Privileges; Resolves, under section 21(1)(c) of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act, to refer the conduct of Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap before the Committee to the Public Prosecutor; and 3.
Further resolves that findings in the Report regarding: i. Mr Singh’s, Ms Sylvia Lim’s and/or Mr Faisal’s respective roles as set out in the Report, in relation to the untruth spoken by Ms Raeesah Khan in Parliament on 3 August 2021 (twice) and repeated on 4 October 2021; ii.
Ms Lim / Mr Faisal’s stating of untruths to the Committee on oath/affirmation; and the appropriate sanctions in respect thereof, be deferred until after the conclusion of the investigations and criminal proceedings (if any) against Mr Singh.

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48 15 FEBRUARY 2022 12 MEMORANDUM Matter proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment (SO 2(8)(b)).

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang (Nee Soon) : A Fairer and More Inclusive Singapore for Low-wage Migrant Workers.

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QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Prime Minister what is the multi- pronged approach taken by MAS and the Singapore Police Force alongside telcos and banks to combat phishing scams.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Prime Minister (a) in the past year, what is the percentage of unauthorised transactions made on credit cards; (b) what is the percentage of recovery of the sums involved in the unauthorised transactions; and (c) whether additional safeguards, beyond one-time passwords, will be required for implementation by local financial institutions for credit card transactions such as mandatory notification for anomalous transactions identified via computer algorithms.
Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Prime Minister in light of the data breach where vendors for Mindef and the SAF have been hit by malware (a) how do Ministries ensure vendors stay abreast with the increasingly sophisticated cyber threats; (b) how regularly are audits conducted to ensure vendors maintain best practices; and (c) where data leaks occur more than once with a particular vendor, whether there will be stronger follow-up action.
Ms Foo Mee Har: To ask the Prime Minister (a) what are the goals and priorities set under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2025 Plan (RIE2025); and (b) how investment in R&D is expected to translate to commercial applications to benefit Singapore companies and workers.

Mr Don Wee: To ask the Prime Minister whether MAS has any plans to regulate activities in relation to non-fungible tokens.
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Prime Minister (a) in the last five years, how many applications have been received annually from individuals for all the various schemes under the Financial Sector Development Fund (FSDF); (b) how many of these applications are successful; (c) of the successful applications, how many are (i) Singapore citizens and (ii) permanent residents respectively; and (d) what is the total amount paid out under these schemes.

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Mr Yip Hon Weng: To ask the Prime Minister since public service employees started working from home (a) whether there are any cases of data lapses or an increased risk of it and, if so, how are they dealt with; and (b) how are cyber security practices and audits being revised to adapt to the new hybrid work format.
Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the past three years, what is the number of fires in condominiums caused by discarded cigarette butts; and (b) whether the Ministry will consider working with NEA and the condominiums’ MCSTs to install surveillance cameras to catch offenders.
Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs what steps are taken to ensure that the Anti-Scam Division of the Commercial Affairs Department is sufficiently resourced to deal with the scourge of scams.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs in each year from 2012 to 2021 (a) how many individuals have approached the Ministry, Singapore Prisons Service or Yellow Ribbon Singapore for assistance because they were involved with financial crimes, and were deemed a credit risk and therefore unable to open bank accounts; and (b) how many accounts were successfully opened following the Ministry’s intervention.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether there has been an increase in the number of reports and enforcement actions against road rage and aggressive behaviour involving motor vehicles in the past three years, given the proliferation of dashboard evidence published online by the public; and (b) whether the Government is considering stronger measures to combat dangerous and anti-social driving behaviour.
Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Law from 2019 to 2021 annually (a) how many family law cases involved litigants-in-person (LIPs), broken down by gender and education level; (b) what proportion of these LIPs had previously attempted to seek legal aid; (c) what reasons have been ascertained for these individuals appearing as LIPs; and (d) whether the Ministry studies such cases to ensure that justice continues to be accessible regardless of an individual's personal circumstances.
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Trade and Industry in the last five years, what is the annual breakdown of the annual principal statistics of manufacturing by capital structure, particularly (i) wholly local ownership (ii) more than half local ownership (iii) less than half local ownership and (iv) wholly foreign ownership.

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Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Transport (a) what is the impact of the carbon tax on pump prices for petrol and diesel; (b) whether the Ministry has studied the impact of increasing petrol duties on miles driven and traffic by each type of vehicle in Singapore; and (c) if so, what are the results of these studies.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment with the implementation of the new regulation on self- clearing of plates and utensils in hawker centres and food courts (a) whether there is an estimate on potentially displaced workers as a result; and (b) whether there are plans for assisting the transition of such workers.
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song: To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in the past three years what is the annual percentage of (i) recyclable waste processed at materials recovery facilities but not exported that are ultimately treated as general waste and (ii) recyclable waste reused as materials for new products.

Mr Don Wee: To ask the Minister for Finance how has the Singapore Accountancy Commission driven and raised the standards of the accountancy sector since its inception in 2013.
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development for the past two years (a) how many and what percentage of Social Service Agencies (SSA) faced shortfalls in staff members; and (b) what were the average and median number of staff members in the shortfall faced by each SSA.
Mr Saktiandi Supaat: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Development (a) from 2019 to 2021, how does the take-up rate of Government-Paid Paternity Leave compare with the take-up rate of Government-Paid Maternity Leave; (b) what are the causes for the difference in the take-up rates, if any; and (c) whether the Government is considering taking additional steps to encourage co-parenting.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Health whether he can provide an update on what has been done to monitor and prevent the illegal purchase of e-cigarettes and e-liquids, especially through messaging apps and social media.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Health whether there have been any studies done among the youth on their views on vaping and their awareness of the harmful side effects of vaping such as lung injury, respiratory issues, nicotine addiction, and second-hand e-cigarette vapour, such that the survey could also have the added benefit of deterring vaping among the youth.

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15 FEBRUARY 2022 15 Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Health (a) in the past 10 years, what are the most common congenital birth issues; (b) what is the average amount that parents spend on medical fees for their children in cases without maternity insurance; and (c) whether the Ministry has considered mandating insurers to extend maternity insurance to parents who have pre- existing health conditions that will ordinarily disqualify them from such coverage.
Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye: To ask the Minister for Health in the past five years (a) what is the annual proportion of expectant mothers who took up maternity insurance policies; (b) what is the average number of claims made; and (c) what is the average percentage of women who have had their maternity insurance policies rejected due to pre-existing conditions.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Health what is the rationale behind the policy that two COVID-19-positive individuals, with different travel histories and discharge dates, can be roomed together.
Mr Murali Pillai: To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the progress of efforts to encourage eligible Singaporeans born in 1979 or earlier to take up CareShield Life since the start of the enrolment on 6 November 2021; (b) what steps have and will be taken to encourage eligible Singaporeans to apply for CareShield Life; and (c) what is the average processing time for ElderShield 400 policyholders born between 1970 and 1979 who have been auto-enrolled for CareShield Life as at 1 December 2021 and who are still awaiting formal induction into CareShield Life.
Dr Tan Wu Meng: To ask the Minister for Health from 2018 to 2021 annually, broken down by gender (a) how many doctors were on structured traineeship programmes such as (i) Residency and (ii) Senior Residency; (b) how many became parents to a newborn child during traineeship; (c) what proportion of these doctors consumed their full entitlement of maternity leave or paternity leave respectively; and (d) of these doctors, how many (i) had traineeship extended by a year or more and (ii) resigned from traineeship before completion.
Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information how can artificial intelligence and technology be harnessed to combat cybercrimes in light of an increasing number of phishing scams.

Mr Leon Perera: To ask the Minister for Communications and Information whether the Ministry can consider making the database of objectionable publications under the Undesirable Publications Act publicly available for reference.

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Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for National Development whether more green access points can be built to make the Green Rail Corridor and Clementi Forest in Ulu Pandan more accessible for residents.
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry will conduct a review of the sentencing framework for (i) animal cruelty and abuse and (ii) wildlife trafficking and possession cases; (b) if so, what is the timeline for such review; and (c) if not, why not.
Ms Joan Pereira: To ask the Minister for National Development in light of the social distancing measures implemented at HDB Hub and HDB Branch Offices, whether the Ministry will consider allowing owners, sellers and tenants who are not literate to be accompanied by a literate family member to perform their HDB transactions.
Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth whether he can provide an update on (i) the review of the Community Dispute Management Framework by the inter-agency committee and (ii) mediation being made compulsory prior to filing of Community Disputes Resolution Tribunal (CDRT) cases to manage and resolve disputes between neighbours.
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what are the guidelines and protocols on protecting the personal data of individuals that are collected, used, and disclosed by public agencies, in particular the People's Association, to grassroots advisers (GRAs) and their associated volunteers; (b) what safeguards are in place when the personal data involved relates to children; and (c) in the event of a data breach, what recourse and resources are available to assist affected GRAs and volunteers in rectifying the breach.
Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis: To ask the Minister for Manpower for investments made by CPF members under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS) (a) what is the current breakdown of invested amounts by investment products; and (b) what is the current cumulative investment performance for CPFIS-OA investors by investment products.

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2) Regulations 2022 ..... 14 February 2022 S. L. 482 (Temporary COVID-19 (Business Events (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Measures) - Control Order) ..... 14 February 2022 S. L. 483 19 (Temporary Measures) COVID (Religious Gatherings - Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ..... 14 February 2022 S. L. 484 Measures) (Temporary COVID-19 (Performances and Other Activities - Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ..... 14 February 2022 S. L. 485 COVID 19 (Temporary Measures) (Sporting Events and Activities - Control Order) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ..... 14 February 2022